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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2B.0201 — Definitions
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 2B: LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS WITH PUBLIC, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2B.0201
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
In this subchapter: (1) "Electronic recording" means an audiovisual electronic recording, or an audio recording if an audiovisual electronic recording is unavailable, that is authentic, accurate, and unaltered. (2) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of this state, or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, that employs peace officers who, in the routine performance of the officers' duties, conduct custodial interrogations of individuals suspected of committing criminal offenses. (3) "Place of detention" means a police station or other building that is a place of operation for a law enforcement agency, including a municipal police department or county sheriff's department, and is owned or operated by the law enforcement agency to detain individuals in connection with the suspected violation of a penal law. The term does not include a courthouse.
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